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Tim Merlier and a Soudal Quick-Step teammate share a drink after winning stage 7 of the 2026 Tour de France in Bordeaux

Toast to that: Merlier confirms world-best status in Bordeaux

The Wolfpack may have lost a key domestique in Bert Van Lerberghe in the Pyrenees, but Tim Merlier was unstoppable on the banks of the...

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Tim Merlier and Soudal Quick-Step teammates at the Tour de France team presentation in Barcelona

'I'm a sprinter, I need to survive': How the fastmen are shaping up at kilometre zero of the Tour

The 2026 route wants the sprinters dead by Paris. The points classification, reformed in their favour, might just keep them alive long enough to win...

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